Plot
This historical film by Hynek Bočan touches upon the indecisiveness of the Czech nation, ready to bend the backbone in face of foreign rule. Situating the story at the close of the Thirty Year War enabled the depiction of the misery of the people that affects even an impoverished aristocratic milieu. Rudolf Hrušínský appears here in the role of an indecisive knight, persuaded for a long time and in vain to join the anti-Habsburg movement. The story does not only captivate through the depiction of manifold human characters, intrigues and sycophancy, but also through the circumstances ruling over the devastated farmstead, sunk in mud and crudeness. One of the best films with an updating tendency has come into being here, rightly being named along the such greats as Kladivo na čarodějnice (Witches' Hammer).
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Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Blanka Bohdanová
Karel Höger
Iva Janžurová
Josef Kemr
Lubomír Lipský
Bohuslav Čáp
Jaromír Hanzlík
Hana Kreihanslová
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Adolf Minský
Richard Záhorský
Jan Pohan
Jindřich Blažíček
Jan Cmíral
František Krahulík
František Kubíček
Otto Mojžíš
Stanislav Bareš
Emil Rohan
Karel Vavřík
Eduard Pavlíček
Ela Šilarová
Josef Dvořák
Karel Anderle
Emil Beneš
Čestmír Čivrný
Zdeněk Houška
Ivan Chrz
Josef Kříž
Petr Lebeda
František Plecháček
Ivo Prokop
Miloslav Průša
Robert Ritschel
J. Schuster
Zbyšek Šrůta
Petr Vinař
Pavel Vlasák
L. Zahrádka
Jaroslav Voigst
J. Plecháčková
Jan Ekl
Karel Engel
Milica Kolofíková
Ferdinand Krůta
Marie Šimberová
J. Šafránek
